In many parts of the United States, large areas of land have been made into national parks to protect and preserve the natural beauty of the land.. Naiional parks usually contain a varie[r]
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)Vocabulary
- scenic features ['si:nik 'fi:t∫ə]: nét đặc biệt cảnh vật - approximately [ə'prɔksimitli] (adv)khoảng chừng
- devastating ['devəsteitiη] (adj) tàn phá, phá huỷ - vehicles [ 'vi:hikl] (n) xe cộ
- maintenance ['meintənəns] (n) sự giữ gìn; trì maintain [mein'tein] (v)
(7)- protect: bảo vệ - preserve: giữ gìn - contain: bao gồm
- a variety of: nhiều loại - mountain: núi
- cave: hang động - lake: hồ
- rare animal: động vật hiếm - plant: thực vật
(8)1 National parks protects and preserve the natural beauty of the land.
2 They usually contain a variety of scenic features. 3 All national parks are in danger of being destroyed. 4 Large areas of national parks can be destroyed by fire. 5 Visitors not help to preserve and protect national
parks. T T T F T T F
II While you listen
Task 1: Listen to the passage and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
(9) Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions
1 How may national parks are there in the United States?
- There are 52 national parks in the United States
2 How many people visit national parks every year?
- Millions of people visit national parks every year.
3 Can you name some problems which national parks are facing currently?
- Rare animals are killed or hunted for fur, skin or other - Trees are cut down for wood
- Forest fires
(10)4 What should be done to protect them?
- Rare animals and trees should be protected.
- Fires caused by careless people should be limited. - Pollution from their vehicles should be decreased -Money should be raised for the parks’ staff and
(11) Fill in each gap with a suitable word.
National parks help to protect and (1) the natural beauty of land They (2) a variety of scenic features There are (3) national parks in the UAS and (4) of people visit it every year Many national parks are in (5) of being destroyed If their problems are not solved, they will be (6) completely.
preserve contain 52 millions danger destroyed
III AFTER YOU LISTEN (Work in groups)
(12)In many parts of the United States, large areas of land have been made into national parks to protect and preserve the natural beauty of the land Naiional parks usually contain a variety of scenic features, such as mountains, caves, lakes, rare animals and plants Today, there are 52 national parks in the United States, covering approximately per cent of the total land area of the country National parks are open to the public and have millions of visitors every year
Many national parks, however, are in danger of being destroyed Rare animals in national parks are killed or hunted for fur, skin or other parts Trees are cut down for wood Large areas of national parks also have experience of being on fire fires caused by careless people The increasing number of visitors is harming the parks due to the pollution from their vehicles
(13)Homework:
- Do all the exercises in the textbook again.
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